Spaceman Jax Model Sheets - Mantagons - Giclée Prints

We got ourself a profesional printer for Giclèe prints and we are in the process of printing the new Spaceman Jax model sheets for the Mantagons; the ones I did about a month ago. That really feels like ions ago, considering all the Roger believe covers I did.  Bottom line they are coming out really really cool, ok I had a glass of wine.  But, the hours work really paid off.  The pleasure in seeing one's work coming out the way it was intended... Ahhh it's a pleasure.  And worth all the hassels with icc profiles, media types, printers, types of papers (archival quality or not), inks (dyes vs pigments), ....  Total = we are printing on archival quality with pigment and they are coming out looking SWEET.  I'm simply happy! and best of all we'll be able to offer the giclèe prints for a more affordable price since we don't have to involve a third party with the printing process!

I'm going to seep like a baby tonight.

Curio & Co. - Plasticash Credit Card - Where Credit Is Due

In the Curio World things are sometime just a bit different and in some case the same, gravity still works.

We've been working hard to introduce more and more brands in our Curio World, brands that we are weaving together to create this fictional alternative universe full of crazy pop culture and make believe.  Ringer was the fake publishing house for Time for Frank and His Friend, Bunchy is the soft drink, and Oberpfaffendorfer makes frozen foods; they all help tell our story and let us have fun with the ads.  Now we are also adding on Plasticash for credi cards.

So starting our next show we'll also accept this Curio World credi card, if you can get your hands on it...

The above mentioned ads will be added to the shop by July, but we'll have prints with us at the shows.

Gadabout TM1050 Shakedown Diagnosis Stamp for 2012

Back in February in my post Sign Off On Your Gadabout TM1050 I mentioned that we were going do something special for it starting this time of the year.  Well, here it is.

We sell collectable at Curio & Co. that is no news now.  The Gadabout, if you bought if from us, should have received a dealer's inspection stamp, and now if you bring your manual with you next time you see us we'll be happy to stamp and date  the Shakedown Diagnosis at page 86 of your manual.  We'll start doing that as of Monday June 11, 2012.  So, if you are planing to come at one of the shows where we are exhibiting, don't forget to bring your manual.  This is an opportunity to make your manual even more unique.

Why are we doing it?  We wanted to celebrate the one year of the Gadabout, and give something back to those that have supported us from the early times.  And, yes, we are planing to have an other stamp for the following year.  Each manual will only receive one stamp and signature per year, so... no full set of stamps, unless you have a time machine, do you?

See you soon at one of the shows.

June 12-14, 2012

Licensing Expo

Mandalay Bay Convention Center

Las Vegas

Booth 4710

June 21-26, 2012

American Library Association 2012 Anual Conference

Anaheim Convention Center

Anaheim, CA

Booth 784

July 12-15, 2012

San Diego Comic-Con 2012

San Diego Convention Center

San Diego, CA

Small Press - P5

Stephen Burt Reviews The Gadabout TM 1050 in The Believer Magazine

The June 2012 issue of The Believer is out, and along with it the review by Stephen Burt of Curio & Co.'s Gadabout TM 1050 Time Machine User's Manual.  We were only able to get a glimpse of the review as our copy of the magazine if on it's way, but what we read sounds SWEET!  

If a literary critic, poet and Harvard University professor like Stephen Burt thinks we deserve a review in The Believer, we must be doing something right.

The review teaser that is available on the website is enough to ensure me a happy weekend.

Pick up your copy at newsstands today!

Curio & Co. - Bunchy - The Soft Drink

In the Curio & Co. universe, Bunchy is the soft drink of choice.

I'm presently working on an ad for this soft drink, as soon as it's done... I'll post it.  For the time being here is the logo I made for it.

Happy weekend.

Curio & Co. - Roger Believe - The Black Diamond (Il Diamate Nero)

Back story on this piece would be: occasionally in Italy comic books/periodicals come with a little extra to bring in more customers.  So I figured that Roger Believe would've done the same thing, in this particular case one of the issues would've come with an additional poster, and what you see here would've been the art work for the poster. Well the art work as it stands today after it had been scanned.

Il Diamante Nero (The Black Diamond) - Would have been a special issue of the Roger Believe comic book series.

It took quite a bit of trying, but I finally did it,  this is the first pice in which I was able to get a convincible watercolor feel.  As always the work is digital.

Curio & Co. - Roger Believe - Planed Voyage (Viaggio Organizato)

Forgot to post this one yesterday...

Like all investigators that deal with normal and paranormal he has to deal with UFO's at one point or an other.  Viaggio Organizzato (Planed Voyage) is one of the Roger Believe adventures that takes him out of this world.

Curio & Co. - Roger Believe - Secret Passage (Passaggio Segreto)

Number 5 illustration for the week.  Roger Believe's Secret Passage cover (Passaggio Segreto).  Where and who did he meet through this passage?

Curio & Co. - Roger Believe - Passed Love (Amore Passato)

Today's Roger Believe Cover - Passed Love (Amore Passato)

Curio & Co. - Roger Believe - Passed Message (Messaggio Passato)

Today's cover of Roger Believe - Messaggio Passato (Passed Message) see our hero dealing with a peculiar message, that just may give a bit more insight on how he got were he is...

Curio & Co. - Roger Believe - First Flight (Primo Volo)

Here's to day's cover of Roger Believe - Frist Flight (Primo Volo).  I keep on chucking and illustrating, and there'll be more to come.

Curio & Co. - Roger Believe - L'invito Di Subconscio (Subconscious' Invitation)

Just off the Cintiq!  I can still smells the fresh pixels, here's Roger Believe - L'Invito Di Subconscio (Subcoscious' Invititation).

Roger Believe meets him self face to face; will he ever survive?  Tam Tam Tam.

Curio & Co. - Roger Believe - Restauro Notturno (Restauration By Night)

I keep on chipping away at the amount of work I got to do, chip chip chip.  This Roger Believe cover Restauro Notturno (Restauration by Night) is just off the 'presses', well I should say it still smells of digital paint.  For those of you that don't know... I usually do my sketching on paper, getting the idea out of my head then I'll do the tightening up of the composition, inking, color, and aging digitally.

Curio & Co. - Roger Believe - Viaggio Inaspettato (Unexpected Voyage)

The new cover for the day for Roger Believe.  More to come...

Been looking at Howard Chaykin's work for visual solutions, darn that man is good!

Curio & Co. - Roger Believe - Serate di Nozze (Wedding Nights)

New cover, for the day, for Roger Believe - Serate di Nozze (Wedding Nights).

This past Saturday I did a series of sketches for the covers, the ideas just keep on coming.  Nothing wrong with that! So, untill they keep on coming I'll keep on drawing.

Gadabout Reviewed in McSweeney's - The Believer

Curio & Co. just received some really exiting news.

When we presented the Gadabout TM 1050 at the Comic-Con last year, we kept hearing about the Time Travel Mart and how we should get in contact with them since the book would be a great fit for their shop.  So, we did, and it was. The book was picked up and we had the opportunity to visit the shop and we laughed our pants off when we were in the store.  They have some really fun stuff.  If you haven't been it's worth a trip.

As we did some research we found out that the Time Travel Mart is the shop for 826 LA (a non profit writing and tutoring center) which is connected to the McSweeney's.  Needless to say it was a great pat on the back.

A couple of weeks back we were contacted by The Believer magazine. They said "Congratulations on the incredibly well-deserved positive buzz surrounding the Gadabout TM 1050 User's Manual!" and wanted to know more about the project as they were hoping to write a review on it.

Yesterday we heard back from him and… the June issue of  McSweeney's Believer Magazine will have a review of the Gadabout.

We are really, really exited and honored to have the chance to be reviewed by a magazine whose readers' interests are so closely related to ours.

Can't wait to have the issue in my hands.

Curio & Co. Roger Believe - Festa in Costume (Costume Party)

Just finished, and off the Cintiq, the new cover for Roger Believe - Festa In Costume (Costume Party), as always I've signed it as Scafagna '86, the artist that would've been in charge of doing the covers. '86, as I've mentioned in previous posts the whole idea of this project is to give the idea that this was an 80's comic book from italy.

Once again the cover, just like the all of the new material I'm generating will join the Curio & Co. family in June.

Curio & Co. - Roger Believe - Benessere (Well Being)

Here is an other of the covers for Curio & Co.'s Roger Believe this one titled Benessere (Well Being), just out pured out of me in 5 hrs worth of work.  It helps having an idea that has been cooking in your head for a while.